u/CLG-BluntBSE

Hi all! I found that some of my players simply couldn't run my game when I was using the Forward+ renderer. Unfortunately, I had built my entire game around the use of Spotlight3D and its texture projector, which only works in Forward+!

In order to support the compatibility renderer, I made this shader that applies a decal to any intersecting meshes inside the volume of the mesh with the shader. It emulates the luminous appearance of the spotlight3D, which is what I used that node for in the first place.

Enjoy!

GodotShaders Link

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My game is a narrative RPG set in the world of Cultist Simulator (with Weather Factory's permission). In it, you play a raw prophet who is trying to become mortal by manipulating occultists in modern-day Boston. We have a playable demo and a Kickstarter so please check them out if that sounds up your alley!

Hi, all.

I (and many others, it seems) have had this experience on the preview page where you'll upload an image, the "save" button will be grayed out, and nothing in the world you can do will make it enabled again.

In a fit, I finally did the following:

I right clicked the save button, and hit 'inspect'. In this element, you'll see both "data-disabled" and "disabled." In the broken state of the button, "disabled" seems to equal "", which is a falsy value and probably the source of this bug. Kickstarter, if you're reading this, look here.

Anyway, you can just type in "disabled=false" and "data-disabled=false", and then the button will be clickable, and you can submit as normal.

This bug has driven me up the wall for weeks. I am sharing this to help anyone else who encounters it.

If you found this at all useful, and you want to play a game set in the world of Cultist Simulator, please follow my campaign: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tmob/the-matter-of-being

It was a VERY close race between this meme and the king crucible submission, but cats_hurricane, congratulations! Please enjoy your rendering, plus: The Puppy Divided!

These two images will be printed out and shipped with any physical art that goes out for the TMOB Kickstarter.

Thanks to everyone who joined in!

Art credit, as always, to: https://goldstarknight.carrd.co/

Hi, all!

It's time to vote on your favorite doodle! Reminder, whichever doodle gets the most votes will be rendered by the illustrious goldstarknight, the artist who does all the illustrations for The Matter of Being.

Voting closes at midnight on Monday, May 18th, EST!

ORIGINAL COMPETITION POST

VOTING LINK

Found this piece of sterling silver (stamped 925), hanging from a fence bordering a cell tower in the middle of the woods in an easement I was walking out for work. Any idea what it is? I’m guessing bracelet due to the size and rolled edges. Could it be an alien bracelet given to an ancient human civilization? Some persons homemade silver bracelet? Let’s hear y’all’s thoughts.

Pic 1.- front side

Pic 2.- back side

Pic 3.- pic of the 925 stamp

ADEPTS!

Does your HEAD swim with VISIONS? Are you UNABLE to draw, or does the law FORBID you from painting? Join the Secret Histories DOODLE JAM before MAY 17, 2026!

How it works:

1. You send us your goofiest Secret Histories meme, shitpost, or doodle in the form below.
2. We all vote on the best one.
3. Goldstarknight (the illustrious artist behind The Matter of Being) will RENDER your doodle to the very maximum of his considerable ability. You will receive the original files.
4. Your art will be included among other physical gifts that are sent out as part of TMOB's upcoming Kickstarter.
5. If the Kickstarter is funded, you will be credited for your contribution in-game.

RULES: 

1. One entry per participant.
2. Your doodle must be square or conform to A4 aspect ratio ( 1240 x 1754, for example).
3. Must be at at least tangentially related to the Secret Histories
4. Voting will be managed through an online tournament bracket. Discussions and reminders will be posted The Matter of Being's Discord, but joining the Discord is not a requirement for participation. Feel free to post your creations here as you make them.
5. Please provide your doodle in .png or .jpg format

Submissions will only be considered through the form below. Submissions close on midnight EST on May 17, 2026. Voting start date TBD, but probably May 19, 2026.

https://forms.gle/AVyZn6pHwLbxYQm78

I'm making a game where you play the 'devil' in a game about deals with the devil. It's set in the world of Cultist Simulator (under WF's Community License), and the demo is out now!

If this sounds up your alley, we're trying to get 50 reviews before Next Fest in June!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4664400/The_Matter_of_Being_Demo/

Description:

>Strike Faustian bargains, thwart divine punishment, and claw your way into the world of the living once and for all. In The Matter of Being you take the role of a doomed spirit who has been excommunicated from the mysterious otherworld known as the Mansus. The Hours will never absolve your crimes, and so your only hope is to become what some mortals spend their whole lives trying to escape: You must become flesh and blood.

TLDR: If you are interested in supporting this project, the single most helpful thing you can do is leave a review to give us juice ahead of Next Fest in June. We are releasing this early alpha to prove we can make a game at all. There will be bugs.

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Hello, everyone!

We (Common Logic) are developing a fan-game under the Sixth History Community License called The Matter of Being. It's a sort of resource and relationship management game/visual novel that puts you in the role of a Mansus-spirit. Facing divine punishment, you manipulate cultists into keeping you in the mortal world (and beyond the reach of the Hours) until you can renounce your immortality once and for all.

This community has been super supportive of this project, but it will only be possible to complete if we raise a significant ($USD 30K) sum on Kickstarter. I feel itchy about asking for that kind of money without offering some proof of our ability to deliver, and so I've decided to make a playable alpha available to the public.

It's not perfectly polished, it needs editing, and there are known bugs. Still, our playtesters seem to be enjoying themselves and we think it proves that we have the ability to make and write the game. If you play it and think to yourself: "this is off to a great start, but it needs another year in the oven," then my mission is accomplished! That's a very different thought from "who are these people asking for money and can they even make a game at all?"

So, come take a look! We'll be fixing up bugs and performance issues in this demo through June, which is when we'll participate in Steam Next Fest, with plans to formally kick off the Kickstarter in July. The number one way to support us at this juncture is to leave a review on Steam before Next Fest. The Algorithm, that most wretched God from Steel, smiles upon those who have many reviews!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4664400/The_Matter_of_Being_Demo/

If you'd rather watch someone play it, Ic0n, who does some CS/Book of Hours streams, will be playing it around 5pm EST here: https://www.twitch.tv/justanic0n

If you are already sold and want to follow our Kickstarter (which should go live shortly after Next Fest), please sign up here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tmob/the-matter-of-being We'll start to feel pretty confident around 1,000 followers.

Lastly, if you want to be involved in the day-to-day development, or join some upcoming Secret Histories art and game jams, you can check us out on Discord: https://discord.gg/CAE6atnwqw

Thanks so much for your support so far! We really hope you see the promise in what we've done, and can imagine what we can do with some time and an actual budget!

PS: There's a secret on the Kickstarter page for people who like that kind of thing.

First, I acknowledge that nobody's entitled to be in any particular festival, and I have a somewhat niche game. Still, I've been denied to even extremely on brand festivals, like "Witches, Wizards, and Warlocks." My game literally puts you in the role of a spirit negotiating Faustian pacts with cultists.

Having just found out I won't be part of Day of the Devs, or part of like five other showcases I submitted to, I turn to Reddit for advice: Am I missing something spectacularly obvious with my Steam page? I'm really not trying to be a whiner, I just see games that seem to have about as much polish - or less - than mine getting into these same fests and I'm pondering if there's some glaring issue at work here.

My game has a modest little discord of some 270 people, it's sitting at about 2,000 wishlists pre-demo. Nothing crazy, but I thought I was presenting it okay. This string of rejections just has me feeling kind of curious.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3869880/The_Matter_of_Being/